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Extraordinary V4 summit in Budapest

The prime ministers of the Visegrad Four countries – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – will hold an extraordinary, informal meetin in Budapest on Thursday, Czech daily Lidove Noviny writes.

According to unnamed sources, the prime ministers will agree on joint candidates for the top positions, mainly for the president of the European Commission and the Council, so when they attend the Council’s summit next week in Brussels, they will already have a united standpoint.

The meeting was initiated by Czech PM Andrej Babis, and the goal is to keep the V4 united despite the fact that all its ruling parties sit in different party families.